Total Crime Rate
1679.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Odhams Walk area has the 19th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 41st highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Odhams Walk (WC2H 9SB) in the last 12 months was 1679.8 per 1,000 residents and was 461.2% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 209.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Odhams Walk (WC2H 9SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 1058 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (345 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stacey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Covent Garden | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smart'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Smart'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Covent Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smart'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Arne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Arne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Arne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Maiden Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maiden Lane | Under investigation |
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